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APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING COINS AND RICIIPI'INGVIHERISFOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,795, dated November 12, 1889.

Application iiled April 9, 1882. Serial No. 306,559. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISIDORE ESKELL CLIF- FORD, residing at London, in the county of Middlesex, England, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented certain new and useful Apparatus for Receiving Coin and Delivering-a Receipt for Same; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its obj ect-to provide a novel bank whereby persons desiring to bank or deposit small sums-say a penny at a timecan do so in a secure and convenient manner. The bank is. so constructed and arranged that whenever a coin isv dropped into it a receipt, check, or tally (hereinafter callec receipt only to avoid repetition) will On this receipt there will be marked any convenient sign or number, by which when it is presented at the proper office the oflicials will lknow what sum has been deposited, and so be able to credit such amount to the person presenting the corresponding receipt.

The apparatus consists of mechanism so arranged that when a coin is deposited through a suitable opening or slot it falls on or into a pivoted tray, where it is prevented from further movement by means of a stop or guard. On withdrawing a draw-plate which carries said stop or guard the coin is released andfalls into a hollow cylindrical receptacle or tube, wherein it remains until collected by some This draw-plate has a plate is pushed inward, comes beneath a corsponding opening at the base of a column containing a number of receipts, which are pressed downward by a weight. Consequently the lowermost receipt falls into the slot or out falls into a chute, whence it is taken by the depositor. The weight in the column containing the receipts bears some such indication as Not in use, so that when it reaches the bottom of the column it will be visible through a glazed opening provided for the purpose.

To prevent the withdrawal of the drawplate and delivery of a receipt before a coin has been introduced into the apparatus, there is a stud ornib projecting from the drawplate, which comes in the path of a hooked finger on the pivoted tray when no coin is resting on such tray; but so soon as a coin falls into the tray its weight is sufficient to cause the tray to turn on its fulcrum and to thereby remove the hooked linger away from the path of the stud or nib on the drawplate, thus enabling it to be withdrawn without hinderance. e

The hollow cylindrical receptacle or tube containing the deposited coins is removable, s0 that the order in which the coins fall into it is strictly retained. There is also a longitudinal slit cut in it for convenience of counting the coins.

The receipts are preferably numbered from No. 1 upward, and are so arranged that the iirst coin deposited will be acknowledged by No.1 receipt. Likewise the second coin deposited will be acknowledged by No. 2 receipt, and so on. In this Way should any person insert fraudulent deposits-such as disks of metal or bone, buttons, bad money, (itc.- no inconvenience will occur, for, although a receipt will be delivered, it will bear a number corresponding with such fraudulent deposit. For instance, say thetenth deposit is a fraudulent one, a receipt having No. l0 inscribed thereon will be delivered; and if this receipt be tendered at the office it will atonce be canceled, or the depositor debited in case the amount should have been credited on present-ation of the receipt and prior to the collection being` made by the authorized official, because the ofcials will know upon eX- amining the tube that the tenth deposit was a fraudulent one.

vIn order that my invention may be readily understood, I proceed to describe the same,

with reference to the accompanying drawopening, and when the draw-plate is pulled V ings.

Figure l is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a plan, and Fig. 3 a side elevation, of a savings-bank constructed according to my invention. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line A B of Fig. 2, showing the mechanism for conveying the coin to the cylindrical receptacle or tube. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line C D of Fig. 2, showing the manner in which ICO a receipt is delivered afterinsertion of a coin. Figs. li, 61, and G show detail views in plan, side view, and end view, respectively, oli' the guide or chut-e for delivering the receipt to the depositor. Figs. 7, 7, and 7" show detail views in plan, side view, and end view, respectively,of the draw-plate. Figs. S, S,and 8" show detail views in plan, side view, and rear elevation, respectively, of the hollow cylindrical tube into which the coins are finally received. Figs. 9, and 0" show det-ail views in front elevation, side elevation, and plan, respectively, of the pivoted tray or shoe. Figs. l0, l0, and l0" show detail views in plan, front elevation, and side elevation, respectively, ot' the guide for conveying the coins into the pivotcd tray or shoe. Figs. ll and llX show a plan and edge view, respectively, of one form of receipt used.

a ay is the box or case of the apparatus, the interior being accessible by the door l).

c is a metal cover-plate, having secured firmly to ita column c, containing any desired number of receipts d, placed one above the other, as shown in Fig. A weight d tends to keep these receipts always pressed down ward.

e is a glazed opening in the lower part of the column e, through which the weight d, with words inscribed on itindicating that the apparatus is no longer operative, may be seen when it reaches its lowestposition. The plate c has an opening in it to permit of the receipts passing from the column c into the slpt or opening j" in the drawplate j".

Secured beneath the d raw-plate is another plate g, having in it an opening g', through which, when the draw-plate is withdrawn, carrying with it one of the receipts d, said receipt is able to fall into the chute or guide g2, along which it travels until it reaches the part gil outside the case, within easy reach of the depositor.

The receipt-column c is provided with a suitable swinging door e, hinged at any pointas, for instance, at its top c, Fig. l--and the door l) of the case a is provided with an at taehed angle-piece D', adapted to bear at its inner end h2 against the lower end ol' the door e and hold the latter closed when the door l) of the ease a is closed, while if the door l) is opened the door c can also be opened, as will be understood by reference to the dotted lines, Fig. l.

The coin to be deposited is dropped through the slott' in the cover-plate and falls into the chntej, which leads it on or into the pivoted shoe or tray 71:, where it is retained by the guard or stop fx. When the draw-plate j is withdrawn, the guard fx moves with it and so releases the coin, which immediately lfalls into the guide m', and thence into the cylindrical column or tube '111,wherein it is retained. The column imy .fits into a socket m2, from which it is easily removed when desired. There is a narrow longitudinal slit mfcxtending almost the whole length of this tube, through which the coins may he seen and easily counted, without disturbing their order, and false deposits discovered. The pivoted shoe or tray has its fulcrum at 7n on the cover-plate. 1t is provided with ahooked finger 7.113, which, when no coin is resting inthe tray, comes in the path of a stud or nib f2, projecting from. the draw-platef,so that should any attempt be made to pull ont this drawqgilate the nib f" will engage with the hooked finger k2, and so lock the parts together and prevent furl-her movement; but the weight ol a coin resting in the tra-y is sullieient to overcome the balanceweight 7n" and to cause the tray to rock on its lulerum into the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l, thus removing the hooked linger from the path of thenib and allowing the draw-plate to be pulled out.

1I aving now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters flatent, 1s-` l. A savings-bank consisting of a case having a coin-depositing opening, a eoin-reeeiving column in which the coins are received one upon the other in the order deposited. in the coin-opening, a column containing super posed receipts corresponding with and marked to indicate the numerical order in which the deposits are made, and devices operative by the depositor for moving one of said receipts from the receipt-column and delivering it to the depositor after acoin has been deposited in the coin opening, substantially as described.

A savings-bank consisting of a ease having a coin-depositing opening, a eoin-receiving column in which the coins are received one upon the other in the order deposited in the coin-openin g, a column containing superposed receipts eorrespondin g with and marked to indicate the n umerieal order in which the deposits are made, a chute receiving the coin from the coin-opening and conducting toward the upper end ofthe coin-column, a pendent swinging tray receiving the coin from the chute and located above the upper end of the coiircolumn, a draw-plate for moving a recei pt from the receipt-column, and a pendent guard carried by and moving with the drawplatc for holding and releasing the coin resting in the swinging tray,substantially as dcscribed.

A savings-bank consisting of a case having a coin-opening, an external column e, an internal eoin-receiver m, a stationary chutej, leading from the coin opening, a pendent swinging tray receiving the coin from the chute and having a hooked finger 71:2, and a draw-plate having the slot f', stud f2, and pendent guard fx, for holding and releasing the coin resting in the swinging tray, substan tially as described.

l. The combination, with a case having a cover-plate containing a coin-opening, of a column rising from the cover-plate, a coin-receiver inside the case, a chute leading from the coin-opening, a pendent swinging tray re- IOO IIO

ceiving the coin from the chute, a draw-plate having a slot and a pendent guard to hold and release the coin resting in the tray, a stationary plate arranged beneath the draw-plate and having aslot, and a chute leading from the slot in the stationary plate to the eXterior of the case, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a case vhaving a cover-plate containing a coin-opening, of-a column above the cover-platea stationary chute leading from the coin-opening, a Weighted swinging tray pivoted to the cover-plate and receiving the coin from the chute, and a drawplatehavin g an attached guard moving therewith to hold and release the coin resting in the swinging tray, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a case having a c0in-opening, of a stationary chute leading from the Coin-opening, a Weighted swinging tray for receiving the coin from the chute, and a sliding plate having an attached guard for holding and releasing the coin resting in the swinging tray, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISIDORE ESKELL CLIFFORD.

Witnesses:

EMENDO PASS,

68 Fleet Street, London. WALTER J. SKERTEN,

17 Gracecmm'ch Street, London. 

